for the victims of the deadly mass shooting at robb elementary school. they also met with families as well as community and faith leaders. in the meantime the u.s. justice department announces it will conduct an independent review of the law enforcement response to the shooting. the d.o.j. says that review comes at the request of you alls mayor. jeff has the latest there. in this community, there very much in the beginning stages of grieving. they have come to terms with the unthinkable loss, that is a big reason why president joe biden first lady jill biden are here to comfort the city that just lost 19 kids into teachers. the president make his first stop at robb elementary school, that is the scene of the mass shooting, they were joined by a bipartisan group of politicians. that included texas governor greg abbott and uvalde s mayor. some protesters shouted at greg abbott to do something with legislation that might prevent a tragedy from occurring again. the motorcade ma
tragedy from occurring again. the motorcade made its way to a nearby catholic church but after church or crowd once again was caught chanting this time at the president. take a listen to that moment. do something. do something. do something. if you did not catch it, after hearing chance to do something, president biden steps up into the vehicle stated in the car door way to see the crowd. he pointed gives a thumbs up and says i will, i will. the president then went and meant for a few hours with the families of the victims of survivors before heading off to meet with first responders it took some time to ask folks who call uvalde home their thoughts on the president s visit. i m glad that we can come together, not today but in the future have a discussion. this is so senseless that this is happened. i cannot imagine what the parents are going through right
the mass shooting in uvalde is prompting conversations about gun control and how to keep school safe as well as identify potential security threats. kenneth trump joins us now, the president of national school safety and security services which help schools improve their security and emergency preparedness. there is a lot we don t know about what happened in uvalde but we do know what transpired. when you look at the big picture what are your thoughts? thank you i have been in the field for more than three decades over 30 years, two of the biggest concerns are the open doors, we saw the gunman easily got into in questions around the tactical response, the open door is a particular concern because we can put all of the technology and hardware that we can, we are sending millions if not billions of school security hardware. the first of been best line is
a loud noise that sent some people running. jon: nate four in new york city. thank you. it is the last day of the national rifle association a meeting held as scheduled a few hours east of uvalde. protesters condemn the nra from holding the convention after the school massacre. alicia acuna says more from houston. protesters outside of the convention center in houston have been relatively peaceful for each of the days of the nra convention. many of the protesters have been yelling and screaming at the attendees heading into the venue. the protesters out here declined the timing of the event the nation s most powerful gun lobby refused to cancel or delay its convention something digitally done twice in the history due to the pandemic. at the opening on friday it honors the victims of uvalde
now. i am grateful that my kids came home at the end of the school year. i cannot imagine. as much as this community is morning their losses and the thoughts on frustration and anger due to the handling of the shooting investigation in the shooting itself. investigators had to walked back one being the shooter was confronted before entering the school when in fact he was not with the fact that we now know at 1.19 officers were in the hallway of the school for more than 45 minutes while investigators say they were kids inside of the school calling 911 begging operators to send in the police, that is a big part of why uvalde s mayor has called on the department of justice to take a look at this investigation and those findings will eventually be made public. jon: jeff paul live in uvalde texas. thank you.